,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ceff  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ah1 
#bjbe,mr4 ,scott of ,florida introduced 
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to withdraw normal
 trade relations treatment with respect 
to the ,people's ,republic of ,china1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,no
 ,trade ,preferences for ,communist     
,china ,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress   
finds the following3 7#a7 ,from #aihj   
until the passage of the ,u4,s4-,china  
,relations ,act of #bjjj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 
#fiaa et seq471 the ,united ,states     
granted permanent normal trade relations
 status to the ,people's ,republic of   
,china1 contingent on an annual review  
pursuant to section #djb of the ,trade  
,act of #aigd 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #bdcb74    
7#b7 ,the receipt by the ,people's      
,republic of ,china of permanent normal 
trade relations status1 concurrent with 

its ascension to the ,world ,trade      
,organization in #bjja1 was contingent  
on its adherence to several commitments1
 including transitioning towards a more 
market-oriented economy1 protecting     
intellectual property1 ensuring         
non-discrimination against foreign      
entities in trade matters1 and ending   
export and production subsidies4        
,however1 the ,people's ,republic of    
,china has repeatedly and objectively   
violated each and every one of those    
commitments4  7#c7 ,evasion by the      
,people's ,republic of ,china of tariffs
 imposed by the ,united ,states cost the
 economy of the ,united ,states         
approximately #acj1jjj1jjj1jjj in #bjbc 
alone1 and concurrently the ,people's   
,republic of ,china chose to impose     
exceedingly high tariffs1 non-tariff    
barriers1 and other regulatory hurdles  
on businesses in the ,united ,states4   
7#d7 ,according to the ,united ,states  
,trade ,representative1 the ,people's   
,republic of ,china remains a priority  

watch list country for intellectual     
property theft and has stolen between   
#ahj1jjj1jjj1jjj and #edj1jjj1jjj1jjj   
annually from the ,united ,states       
economy through theft of intellectual   
property1 trade secrets1 business       
processes1 and technologies4  7#e7 ,the 
,people's ,republic of ,china continues 
a systemic program of top-down          
industrial planning through heavy       
subsidization of domestic industries1   
prioritizing the protection of          
state-owned enterprises and a           
dual-pricing scheme that has left       
industries in the ,united ,states unable
 to effectively and fairly compete4     
,according to a #bjbb study by the      
,center for ,strategic and              
,international ,studies1 the ,people's  
,republic of ,china offered as much as  
#djg1jjj1jjj1jjj in de facto subsidies  
to its domestic industries in #bjai4    
7#f7 ,while the ,people's ,republic of  
,china subsidizes its industries in     
violation of its commitments under the  

,world ,trade ,organization1 it has     
already failed to comply with yet       
another major trade agreement--the      
,economic and ,trade ,agreement ,between
 the ,government of the ,united ,states 
of ,america and the ,government of the  
,people's ,republic of ,china1 signed on
 ,january #ae1 #bjbj1 in which the      
,people's ,republic of ,china pledged to
 purchase an additional #bjj1jjj1jjj1jjj
 in ,united ,states goods and services  
by the end of #bjba4 ,the ,people's     
,republic of ,china failed to meet that 
deadline and fell short of its pledged  
commitment by #fj percent for goods4    
7#g7 ,according to the ,united ,states  
,trade ,representative1 from #aiid      
through ,april #bjbe1 the ,united       
,states lost #e1jjj1jjj manufacturing   
jobs and #ij1jjj factories4 ,the world  
manufacturing output share of the       
,united ,states declined from #bh       
percent in #bjja to #ag percent in      
#bjbd4 ,in the fourth quarter of #bjbd1 
,united ,states manufacturing as a share

 of gross domestic product was at a     
#bj-year low4 ,at the same time1 the    
economy of the ,people's ,republic of   
,china grew from the world's sixth      
largest economy in #bjja to the second  
largest in #bjbe4  7#h7 ,in ,october    
#bjbe1 the ,people's ,republic of ,china
 threatened to hold the world hostage   
through broad export controls over the  
rare earths supply chain1 spanning      
mining1 refining1 and manufacturing4    
,the ,united ,states once held global   
dominance in rare earths but gradually  
surrendered by yielding to environmental
 pressure campaigns and an increasingly 
onerous regulatory regime4  7#i7 ,under 
article ,,xxi of ,,gatt #aiid 7as       
defined in section #b of the ,uruguay   
,round ,agreements ,act 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4  
#ceja771 countries may act for the      
protection of their essential security  
interests without breaching their       
obligations under the ,world ,trade     
,organization4 ,the relentless assault  
by the ,people's ,republic of ,china on 

the economic security of the ,united    
,states through industrial espionage1   
forced technology transfers1 and the    
systematic erosion of the domestic      
manufacturing base of the ,united       
,states directly undermines the ability 
of the ,united ,states to sustain its   
industrial capacity4 ,those economic    
attacks1 compounded by broader acts of  
aggression1 such as military expansion  
in the ,south ,china ,sea and egregious 
human rights abuses1 constitute a       
comprehensive1 ongoing1 and grave threat
 to the national security interests of  
the ,united ,states4 ,accordingly1 the  
behavior by the ,people's ,republic of  
,china merits the invocation of article 
,,xxi and ,congress should therefore    
invoke that principle by revoking       
permanent normal trade relations status 
for the ,people's ,republic of ,china to
 defend the strategic and economic      
security of the ,united ,states4  7#aj7 
,in #bjbb1 members of the ,world ,trade 
,organization similarly invoked article 

,,xxi to revoke permanent normal trade  
relations status for the ,russian       
,federation4  #c4 ,withdrawal of normal 
trade relations treatment for the       
,people's ,republic of ,china  7a7 ,in  
general ,notwithstanding title ,i of    
,public ,law #ajf-bhf 7#aad ,stat4 #hhj7
 or any other provision of law1         
effective on the date that is #ij days  
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act-- 7#a7 normal trade relations      
treatment shall not apply pursuant to   
section #aja of that ,act to the        
products of the ,people's ,republic of  
,china2  7#b7 normal trade relations    
treatment may not thereafter be extended
 to the products of the ,people's       
,republic of ,china under the provisions
 of chapter #a of title ,,iv of the     
,trade ,act of #aigd 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4     
#bdca et seq472  7#c7 the rates of duty 
set forth in column #b of the           
,harmonized ,tariff ,schedule of the    
,united ,states shall apply to all      
products of the ,people's ,republic of  

,china2 and  7#d7 the ,president may    
proclaim increases in the rates of duty 
applicable to products of the ,people's 
,republic of ,china to rates that are   
higher than the rates described in      
paragraph 7#c74  7b7 ,people's ,republic
 of ,china defined ,in this section1 the
 term ,people's ,republic of ,china     
means the government of the ,people's   
,republic of ,china1 the government of  
the ,special ,administrative ,region of 
,hong ,kong1 the government of the      
,special ,administrative ,region of     
,macau1 and any agency or               
instrumentality thereof4